Event Overview
Her Honour conducted an official visit to the Town of Orangeville. During her visit, Her Honour met with His Worship Sandy Brown, toured Town Hall, spoke at a Remembrance Day ceremony, and attended a community reception at the Royal Canadian Legion.
Tweets
Thank you to @orangevilleont for the warm welcome today. A creative and forward-looking community with a great sense of what an inclusive and sustainable future might look like and deep appreciation of its rich history. pic.twitter.com/rBCinbthWw
— Elizabeth Dowdeswell (@LGLizDowdeswell) November 12, 2019
Site of Significance
Orangeville Town Hall is a historic, multiuse building. Originally used as a marketplace, the old barn doors can still be seen on the building's side. It has been retrofitted to include municipal services and offices in half of the building, and Theatre Orangeville in the other half.
Did You Know?
Orangeville is named after an entrepreneurial settler named Orange Lawrence. Sadly, he died just three years before the town was incorporated.
Royal Connection
Author Robertson Davies was a resident of Orangeville at the time of his death in 1995. An accomplished novelist, Davies was a recipient of the 1972 Governor General's Literary Award in the English Language Fiction category for The Manticore.